A source confirmed the reason the Marlins released Mike Cameron – it had to do with a verbal altercation he had with a male flight attendant on a team charter flight late Sunday afternoon from Pittsburgh to Atlanta.

There was no physical altercation but it was serious enough that the charter company filed a complaint.
The team’s decision to release Cameron over the flap isn’t all that surprising – he was not in their long-term plans for next year, anyway.

Several team sources told me years ago that Miguel Cabrera was involved in an incident with a female flight attendant on a Marlins charter flight – a year or two before he was traded to the Detroit Tigers in December 2007.

That incident was uglier than the one described to me about Cameron, but did the Marlins release Cabrera?

Nope. Of course, I’m not even sure if the charter company filed a complaint at the time. And the team might’ve disciplined Cabrera…

Will Hanley Ramirez be ready for opening day 2012? We should have a better idea tomorrow when he undergoes surgery on his ailing left shoulder. The procedure will be done by Dr. James Andrews…

With a 4-1 loss today in Atlanta, the Marlins fell to 67-81. They must win their final 14 games to finish at .500…

Anibal Sanchez will start the first game of a double-header in Philadelphia on Thursday, his first start since his one-hitter in Pittsburgh last Saturday.

On April 22, Sanchez tossed his first one-hitter of the year against Colorado and allowed three runs on four hits in a no-decision against the Dodgers in his next start.

Sanchez is trying to win consecutive starts for the first time since the end of May…

It’s tough enough covering the Marlins while competing with three other media outlets. Seems we have our hands full now that Matt Dominguez is on the team.

Which media outlet broke the news on Labor Day that Dominguez was getting called up? None of the three South Florida newspapers. Not mlb.com.

That news was broken by the Los Angeles Times – where Matt’s father Fernando is a copy editor on the sports desk.

You can read a great story Fernando wrote about his son by clicking here.